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Weekend TEFL Course Tralee, Ireland

Weekend TEFL Course + Grammar Module (40hrs)


Course Details

Course ref.

2674

Course Type

Weekend TEFL Course

Min Age

18

 


Course Description

20-hour Weekend TEFL course + Grammar Awareness Module

Information from the course provider: The Weekend TEFL Courses are run by i-to-i, an established and award-winning company that has been providing quality TEFL training since 1994. i-to-i has is the only TEFL course accredited by the ODLQC. Students who take the i-to-i TEFL courses benefit from our experience as TEFL innovators: we were the first to offer short TEFL courses for travellers, and the first to launch an interactive online TEFL course. We continually update all our courses to keep up with current trends in the world of TEFL.

With administrative offices in the UK, US, Ireland and Australia, we give our students expert training and support from well-travelled and experienced tutors, all of whom are all trained to the i-to-i TEFL standard (minimum of CELTA or equivalent and three years overseas teaching experience).


Weekend Course Timetable
You can expect your course to follow the following timetable.

Saturday 9am Start - Workshop 1
Introduction and warmers
Classroom management
An introduction to grammar
Total Physical Response - a new learning technique

Coffee

11am Workshop 2
A foreign language lesson: how it feels
Elicitation techniques
Using the blackboard

1pm Lunch

2pm Workshop 3
Sentence structure: highlighting written forms
Functions: what we do with language
Level checks: ensuring students get the right help
Practice activities: guiding students in language use
Free practice activity: letting students communicate

Coffee

4.30pm Workshop 4
Teaching practice preparation
First teaching practice
Feedback

8pm Finish

Sunday
9am Workshop 1
Drama and role play: alas poor Yorick...
Pronunciation: Peter Piper on the sea shore
Stress: rebel or rebel?
Intonation: the music of language
Reading: the path to meaning
Listening: loud and clear

Coffee break

11am Workshop 2
Grammar: tenses and time
Error correction: I didn't quite catch that...
Exam classes

1pm Lunch

1.30pm Workshop 3
Final teaching practice preparation
Final teaching practice and feedback
Employment in TEFL: career options

6pm Finish

The Grammar Awareness Module
The Grammar Awareness Module (GAM) is designed to give you confidence in English grammar. This easy-to-use module takes you through the rules and terminology of English grammar step by step. You work through the GAM in your own time, in your own home. After completing the answer sheets you simply return them to i-to-i for correction

Currently, around 10,000 new TEFL teachers each year get their training with i-to-i's convenient, hassle-free courses, enabling them to break into a new and exciting career teaching English


School Details - Tralee The Grand Hotel

The course takes place at The Grand Hotel in Tralee, centrally situated in the heart of Tralee Town, the capital of Kerry, near pubs restaurants and shops.


How to Apply

A Weekend TEFL Course + Grammar Module does not require you to complete an application form.
1. Select the course dates which interest you.
2. Register your details with us (1 minute)
3. Pay for your course in full
4. You will be sent your course joining details and information on finding the course location.


Prices and Dates

Please choose your preferred start date

2 day course starting 24/03/2007 for £295.00
2 day course starting 19/05/2007 for £295.00
2 day course starting 30/06/2007 for £295.00
2 day course starting 03/11/2007 for £295.00
 

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